Given name
Faelan
“resembling a little wolf”
Faelan is a variant of Faolan. One interpretation is “resembling a little wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Faelan is a variant of Faolan. One interpretation is “resembling a little wolf.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Faelan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 78 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #8,464 for boys · #10,362 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,464 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2015. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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